Briles v. Paulson

Appeal by defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The case presents a situation very similar to that recently considered by this court in Briles v. Paulson, ante, p. 196, [149 Pac. 169], Thomas Briles had there sued for the annulment of a contract whereby the defendant’s predecessor was given an option to purchase certain lands. One of the provisions of the contract was that the holder of the option should, within a given time, do certain work upon a reservoir dam. The contract provided that if the proposed purchaser should fail to carry out any of the stipulations on his part…